Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to thank you for coming here this morning and sharing your expertise concerning the reality faced by the people you represent. I would like to address a subject that most of you touched on: the impoverishment of 50 per cent of the people who are in the labour market, namely women.
First off, Ms. Dempsey told us that the wage gap between men and women was still around 30%. That means that women earn only 72% of what men earn. As Mr. Cheverie said earlier, barely 25 years ago, the gap in the health sector was even bigger. Some say it was 62%. While there has been progress, it seems the gap is still very wide.
Between 1967 and 1977, you put forward two or three measures that were adopted by the government in order to rectify the situation. It seems to me that there has not been a lot of progress in that regard.
Can you tell us what is standing in the way of narrowing the gap?